Thanks for the tips!! I'm a veterinary technician at an exotic-equipped animal hospital, and I've got the treatment down pat. As for severity of the stomatitis? On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd have to say about a 6.5. The roof of the mouth and the lower jaw is infected and very raw looking. It has not affected her jaw placement at all (as in her jaw lining-up correctly and her mouth closing all the way), but she has lost a few teeth and some are probably due to fall out before the end of the treatment. The amount of "cheesy" stuff is decent, but to a minimum.

We're assuming the mouth rot is secondary to the early stages of an URI, and are treating her with a broad spectrum of antibiotics (though she has not shown symptoms yet, but the mucus extends pretty far down her trachea). I'm probably looking at about 6 weeks worth of antibiotics and twice daily cleanings.

She is Wild Caught fresh brought into the US -- only been in for about 2.5 weeks, and I've had her for about 1.5 weeks. She came to me with the Stomatitis and URI. She doesn't look skinny, and otherwise seems very healthy and full-bodied. However, the reason I am concerned is because she is so newly imported, I don't know how long its been since her last meal, and that worries me.


P.S... Maybe this can help someone out in the future. The best at-home-remedy cleaning agent I have found for mouth wash is 50/50 diluted Hydrogen Peroxide with distilled water, with a few drops of Betadine (to make it look weak-tea colored). I've been cleaning her mouth out with this on q-tips once daily, and with Chlorhexiderm Solution on Q-Tips once daily.

She's already been de-wormed, and she's getting injections of Ceftazadine every 3 days. Hope this helps anyone else out with this situation.
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Cheers!
• Chelsea Lynn Gardiner
(and Frank M. Wood)

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• Not your average mouth rot question? - illbeyoursoldier, Sun Mar 8 18:29:50 2009
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